This fast-growing (up to 5 feet per year) woody plant flowers all summer long, making crape myrtle a popular garden favorite. “Specimen trees can be great for shade in the summer,” says Tracy Harrison ...

NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Despite being native to China and Korea, the Crape Myrtle is the official shrub of Texas. You can hardly walk down a street in this area without seeing one in someone's yard ...

A: Crape Myrtles are finished or just finishing with the blooming season. The lovely Lagerstroemia indica AKA crape myrtle has become a favorite of Central and South Florida gardeners. Crape myrtle is ...

SEATTLE, Wash. — Gardening guru Ciscoe Morris teaches Rachel Belle all about crape myrtle trees. Anyone who grew up in the south probably had a crape myrtle growing in their neighborhood. Botanically ...

Question: Lots of shoots are growing from the base and among the limbs of a tree form crape myrtle. Can I remove these to allow yard work? Answer: Do the needed pruning to make your crape myrtle more ...

Crepe myrtles, Lagerstroemia indica, vary in size from dwarf shrubs to multi-trunked and single-trunk trees growing to 30 feet tall. Most varieties produce beautiful blooms starting in spring or ...